Awit (poem)
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Filipino poetry form
The awit (Tagalog for "song"[1] ) is a type of Filipino poem, consisting of 12-syllable quatrains. It follows the pattern of rhyming stanzas [which? ] established in the Philippine epic Pasyon . It is similar in form to the corrido.[2]
One influential work in the awit form is Florante at Laura , an 1838 narrative poem by Francisco Balagtas.[3]
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ González, N.V.M. (2008). Mindoro and Beyond: Twenty-one Stories. UP Press. p. 243. ISBN 9789715425674 . Retrieved August 10, 2016 – via Google Books.
- ^ Smyth, David (2000). The Canon in Southeast Asian Literatures. Psychology Press. p. 52. ISBN 9780700710904 . Retrieved August 10, 2016 – via Google Books.
- ^ Herbert, Patricia (1989). South-East Asia: Languages and Literatures: a Select Guide. University of Hawaii Press. p. 160. ISBN 9780824812676 . Retrieved August 10, 2016 – via Google Books.
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